The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-11

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| Malloy, J. T. McNair, A. g. Kollock and H.
! T. CASTOR.
The first grapes and finest peaches OF the
season were sampled by numerous visitors
| to the agricultural department wednesday,
! They came from the vineyard and orchafd
of Capt. A. P. Brown, of the agricultural
department.
Greenwood is doing splendid wholesale
business in groceries especially. One flrfn
corn, meal and flour in proportion. mere
is no better opening in the State ior BANK
than in Greenwood.
The case of the State against the South
Carolina Railway Company, the corpora
| tion being charged with continuing nul.
sance that is, obstructing the navigation OF
the Congaree river, has been continued TO
the next term of court
The work ON the interior of the State
House is making steady progress. The hrlck
arch over the western portion of the lower
gallery has been completed. About one
fourth of the marble flooring of the han OF
Representatives has been laid.
The Adjutant and Inspector General will
inspect the following companies on the datt's
named At WinnsbOrO the Gordon Llght
Infantry, July II; at Chester, the Lee Light
Infantry, July 13; at Rock Hill, the Cataw-
ba Rifles, July IA; at Yorkville, the Jenkins
Rifles July 49,
w w. Holder of Williamson while rob
| bling bee tree, was SO badly stung that his
condition for few moments was critical.
Medical aid promptly rendered gave MN
almost complete relief in a marvelously short
while His son Mr. Homer Holder, accident
ally shot himself last week with a pistol he
was taking out of his pocket
The Newberry Herald and Netcs says:
Township No. l has voted subscription OF
$4,000 to the Columbia, Newberry and
1,aurenS railroad, for which bonds have not
yet been issued. The commissioners de-
clared in favor of the subscription and the
/ bonds will be issued soon. In Township No.
there is an annual tax of "a mills to meet
the interest on the bonds issued by that
township for the Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens railroad.
The members of the Cleveland family who
are descendants of Col. Ben Cleveland,
Revolutionary officer of considerable re-
nown, have erected a monument to the
memory of their distinguished ancestor at
Fort Madison station, on the Air Line rail
road The name of the station has been
changed to Ben Cleveland in honor of the
Revolutionary patriot. Excursion rates are
to be given on the occasion Of the dedication
of the monument, on July g, when Col +.
A. Child of Pickens, will deliver an address.
In reply TO a letter of inquiry written by
corresponding secretary of the Constitutional
Commission, writes from Philadelphia that
the military committee have decided that
instead of having an encampment the visit
ing troops will be furnished quarters in the
public halls of the city, and that the mill
tary committee will issue to the command
ing officers of the troops which are properly
uniformed and equipped, when in attend
ance upon the celebration, Soc per day for
each man.
The Hoover meeting so extensively adver-
tised to take place at Dacusville Tuesday
was a failure. The HoOverites did not APP
pear No representative of the Order show
ed up About 200 of the citizens turned
out in order to be on hand in case they
were needed About the same number of
shotguns were in the neighborhOod, peace
anxiously to see Hoover and his followers
appear, but they waited in vain. Seeing
| that no meeting was to take place the citl-
zens held little meeting Of their own and
then dispersed.
The Chester survivors Of the old Sixth
Regiment have abandoned their proposed
trip to Petersburg. The brigade began the
| Wilderness campaign with 800 men, and
at the close had met with ,3S2 casualties. 1t
made record that was not surpassed by
any brigade in the Army of Northern Vir
| ginia. Gen. Bratton narrated some deeds
| of daring by individual members of the
brigade. Among these was the sublime
courage of Thomas Farrow, color-bear of
one of the Chester companies, at Fort Har-
rison, where he chung to the colors until he
| fell, his body pierced with bullets
| The board of directors of the penitentiary
| held their regular monthly meeting Thurs
! day. A resolution was passed inStructing
the Superintendent to take contracts for
| work outside the penitentiary upon any
! terms he might obtain. Such action the
| board found was authorized by q statute of
several years ago. The work contemplated
| is railroad grading and heavy jobs of that
| kind. The Superintendent will bid for such
] work like any other contractor. 1t is
| thought that number of contracts can be
! secured when it is known that the peniten-
! tiary authorities will undertake such work.
| The board investigated the charge which
| has been made in one of the county papers
that convicts were forced to work on Sun
| day, and found that the Sabbath was
| strictly observed.
| A called meeting of the corporators of the
| Columbia Cotton Mills was held Tuesday.
| Capt DeSpOrtes was put in the chair and
| Col. Wright acted as secretary. The com
mittee on mill site reported having CON
| ferred with several parties and having had
| offers, but were not ready to report. The
! committee was requested to continue its
| work and report at the next meeting. Upon
motion of Col Wright the subcommittee
was authorized to take subscriptions from
| persons desiring to subscribe and contem-
| plating leaving the city before the formal
| opening of the books Acting upon this au-
thority, the subcommittee received Tuesday
night Capt. Desportes $4,000 subscription
and three S50OO subscriptions making S25,-
900 from four men, and it was expected
that several more 5000 subscriptions
would be added to the list Wednesday,
At Columbia Wednesday, the case OF B
| F. Turner, for grand larceny, was begun.
! Turner was the yaidmaster at the Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad de-
pot. A car of twenty-five bales Of cotton
came there by mistake, and the next thing
| they heard was that Joe Taylor, a very
! light-colored negro, claimed that Turner
had sent it around to his gin house and had
requested him Taylor TO store it away for
! him. Taylor was a wood dealer, and fire.
! quently carloads of wood were sent to him,
and Taylor claimed that the cotton had
been sent 20 him at the same time that sew
oral carloads of wood We're brought to the
| turnout near his gin house Taylor was
! subsequently bound over upon the charge
of receiving stolen goods Turner claimed
to know nothing about the cotton. further